Lu Chen was furious. He was a true gentleman with clean hands and a banished immortal who was not interested in women. How could he suddenly be portrayed as a lecher who liked other people's wives?
Yes, Lu Chen admitted that Zheng Yourong was a young widow, but her situation was special. Her husband died on the battlefield before she even got married. Could she be considered someone else’s wife?
As for Wei Caier, that's even more nonsense. This girl was directly broken off from engagement. You can't say with a clear conscience that she is also someone else's wife.
As for the eldest princess, although she has married the prince consort, Li Mingyue told Lu Chen in person in the dungeon that she did not have a bridal chamber with the former prince consort, and her wedding is genuine and 100% new.
It's clearly a matter of a talented man and a beautiful woman, but how come in your mouths it becomes Prime Minister Cao's hobby?
Lu Chen felt that he couldn't put the blame on himself, as he still had to be a decent person in the future.
Jiang Tao also noticed Lu Chen's unhappy expression. He quickly slapped his mouth and said, "Oh, look at my mouth. I really can't speak well. What I mean is that I hope Master Lu can stand from the perspective of an immortal and come to our teaching office to guide the girls' work and strive to make their talent display more spiritual."
"Sir Jiang, you are a man who can accomplish great things!" Lu Chen sighed sincerely as he looked at Jiang Tao, whose smile was flattering to the extreme.
Look at how shameless he is. He is even more like a eunuch than Mou Ping. It would be unfair if Jiang Tao is not valued by the emperor in the future.
"Thank you for your praise, Master. I will definitely keep working hard! Now let's make a deal. Master, you must come to our teaching office when you have time! The girls will definitely be very happy to know you are coming."
Lu Chen put his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, gave Jiang Tao a melancholy chin, and said with a tone full of compassion: "Well, who made me soft-hearted? I can't bear to see the girls suffer. Then I will take some free time in the evening and carefully guide them in their work."
After carefully pondering these words over and over again during his free time that evening, Jiang Tao sighed, "Master Lu is so busy with his duties all day, yet he still finds time to help those poor women. I really admire him!"
"Lord Jiang, as an official of the Ministry of Rites, never forgets his duties. The court should have more good officials like you!"
“No, no!”
"You are too modest, too modest!"
"Hahaha, Master Lu, please!"
"Master Jiang, please!"
Lu Chen and Jiang Tao came to the gold and silver jewelry hand in hand. Compared with before, the relationship between the two seemed to be closer now.
Jiang Tao continued with a servile look on his face, "Master, I need your advice on how to deal with these treasures."
Lu Chen nodded slightly, looking at the good stuff in front of him, and screamed madly in his heart: "What the hell am I going to do with it? I want them all!"
Unfortunately, Lu Chen couldn't express this beautiful wish, so he could only clear his throat, and once again, a look of concern for the country and the people appeared on his face. He said: "Now the treasury is empty, and the whole country needs money, so all this gold and silver will be sent to His Majesty!"
"As for these corals, pearls, gemstones, calligraphy and paintings by famous people, antiques and the like, I will bear the loss and help Your Majesty deal with them."
"Hey, I don't know what these rich people are thinking. What's the point of having coral in the house? Is it really beautiful? It can't be eaten when hungry and can't be worn when cold. What's the use of this thing? Sir Jiang, don't you think so?"
The corners of Jiang Tao's mouth twitched fiercely, and he thought to himself, "How shameless!" You've clearly taken advantage of me, yet you still have to act so selfless, right?
The combined value of all the gold and silver here is less than one-third of the other jewels!
Jiang Tao's vision was still sharp. If he didn't sell these jewels in a hurry and kept them for a while, he would definitely get a million taels of silver.
Jiang Tao has now begun to doubt whether His Majesty's decision to let Lu Chen confiscate the house is really a problem?
However, what Jiang Tao didn't expect was that Lu Chen wasn't satisfied with this. He flipped through the account book in his hand and said, "These fields are all good farmland. The market price is transparent. It should be okay for me to buy them with money, right?"
Jiang Tao was delighted. Actually, how to deal with these fields was a very troublesome matter. If he really wanted to sell them, who knew how many evildoers would use their connections to lower the price.
If Lu Chen is willing to buy it at the current market price and send the remaining silver to His Majesty the Emperor, then this mission would be done very well.
"As for these shops, it's hard to estimate their value. I think we should just not sell them. I happen to have talented people who can run shops. Let's just continue these businesses. I'll give Your Majesty a 40% stake and we'll share the profits at the end of the year."
"I will personally speak to His Majesty about this matter, so Sir Jiang doesn't have to worry about it."
Although Jiang Tao felt that this was inappropriate, since Lu Chen said that he would talk to His Majesty in person, he didn't say anything more.
Now that Lu Chen has decided on the distribution method, the accountants now have something to do.
Taking advantage of the time when everyone was busy, Jiang Tao came up again and said to Lu Chen mysteriously, "Master Lu, since you have nothing to do anyway, why don't you go and see the women of the Marquis' Mansion? They are all pampered ladies, and some of them are quite beautiful."
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